The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the radiological efficacy of SC natalizumab over time through Week 24 in natalizumab-naïve participants, as measured by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The secondary objectives of this study are to evaluate additional lesion-related radiological efficacy measures over time, relapse-based clinical efficacy measures, disability improvement and worsening (EDSS), pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters, the immunogenicity of repeated doses, and safety in treatment-naïve participants of SC natalizumab.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
Administered as specified in the treatment arm
Neurologische Praxis Dr. med. Boris-Alexander Kallmann
Bamberg, Germany
Neurologische Studiengesellschaft Bonn GbR
Bonn, Germany
Cumulative Number of Active Lesions (CUALs) Through Week 24
Cumulative number of active lesions will be calculated as the sum of the number of gadolinium (Gd)-enhancing lesions and new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions that are non-enhancing on post-gadolinium T1-weighted (T1w) scans. It is also referred to as combined unique active lesions (CUALs).
Time frame: Up to Week 24
Cumulative Number of CUALs Through Weeks 4, 8, and 12
CUALs will be calculated as the sum of the number of Gd-enhancing lesions and new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions that are non-enhancing on post-gadolinium T1w scans.
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, and 12
Absolute Number of CUALs at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
CUALs will be calculated as the sum of the number of Gd-enhancing lesions and new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions that are non-enhancing on post-gadolinium T1w scans.
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Mean Change From Baseline of CUALs at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
CUALs will be calculated as the sum of the number of Gd-enhancing lesions and new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions that are non-enhancing on post-gadolinium T1w scans.
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Cumulative Number of New Gd-Enhancing Lesions Through Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Cumulative number will be calculated as the sum of the number of Gd-enhancing lesions through Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24.
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Absolute Number of New Gd-Enhancing Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Absolute Number of Persisting Gd-Enhancing Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Absolute Number of Any (New or Persisting) Gd-Enhancing Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Change From Baseline of Any (New or Persisting) Gd-Enhancing Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Cumulative Number of New or Enlarging T2 Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Cumulative number will be calculated as the sum of the number of new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions through Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24.
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Absolute Number of New or Enlarging T2 Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Change From Baseline of New or Enlarging T2 Lesions at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Annualized Relapse Rate
Multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse is defined as the onset of new or recurrent neurological symptoms lasting at least 24 hours, accompanied by new objective abnormalities on a neurological examination, and not explained solely by non-MS processes such as fever, infection, severe stress, or drug toxicity. ARR is defined as the total number of relapses divided by the total participant-time at risk of relapse.
Time frame: Week 24
Time to First Relapse
MS relapse is defined as the onset of new or recurrent neurological symptoms lasting at least 24 hours, accompanied by new objective abnormalities on a neurological examination, and not explained solely by non-MS processes such as fever, infection, severe stress, or drug toxicity. Time to first MS relapse will be calculated as the date from first study drug administration through the date of the first relapse, if applicable.
Time frame: Up to Week 24
Number of Participants With Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Improvement and Stable Disease and Worsening at Weeks 12, and 24
The EDSS measures the disability status of people with multiple sclerosis on a scale that ranges from 0 to 10. The first levels 1.0 to 4.5 refer to people with a high degree of ambulatory ability and the subsequent levels 5.0 to 9.5 refer to the loss of ambulatory ability. The range of main categories include (0) = normal neurologic exam; to (5) = ambulatory without aid or rest for 200 meters; disability severe enough to impair full daily activities; to (10) = death due to MS. Stable disease is defined as +/- 0.5 change of EDSS. Worsening is \> 0.5 increase of EDSS.
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 12, and 24
Trough Serum Natalizumab Concentration (Ctrough)
Time frame: Pre dose on Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Trough alpha 4 (α4) Integrin Saturation
Time frame: Pre dose on Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24
Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Count
Lymphocyte subsets include T cells, B cells and natural killer cells (cluster of differentiate 4 \[CD4\], CD8, CD19, and CD56).
Time frame: Baseline up to Week 24
Change From Baseline in Anti-Natalizumab Antibodies
Time frame: Pre dose on Baseline, Weeks 12, and 24
Persistence of Anti-Natalizumab Antibodies
Re-test will be done for antibodies after 6 weeks of first positive result.
Time frame: Re-test after 6 weeks of first positive result (up to Week 24)
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product and that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. SAE is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose results in death, in the view of the investigator, places the participant at immediate risk of death (a life-threatening event), requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, results in a congenital anomaly/birth defect or is a medically important event.
Time frame: Up to Week 24
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